Strategic Planning and Business Decision Making
This program has been designed to equip executives with the advanced strategic planning and business decision making skills they need to excel as multifaceted leaders in today’s dynamic business world. The first part of the program takes managers and business owners through a strategic planning process that was developed by the program leaders and is used successfully today in over 100 firms. Participants start by examining each of the steps in the strategic planning process, observing how and why other companies have either succeeded or failed in the planning process, and they leave with a strategic planning template that has stood the test of time for mid-sized companies. The second part of the program focuses on how managers can incorporate strategic business decision making in their day-to-day operations. The topics in the business decision making portion of the program were chosen because decision making under uncertainty is the norm rather than an exception in the 21st century. Managers increasingly have to make important business decisions when information is incomplete and the future is murky. This is further complicated by the fact that technology and globalization are ensuring that no source of competitive advantage remains sustainable. The only way firms can continue to grow and prosper is through continuous innovation; however, companies must also constantly revisit their roots and original corporate vision to ensure that the domain of activities in which they participate remains relevant. For more information, click here.
Dates: December 9-11, 2014
Fees: $3,700
Location: The Rizzo Conference Center; Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Contact: Phone 1-800-UNC-EXEC; Email unc_exec@unc.edu
Talent Management Institute
In a complex environment, superior talent remains the surest path to sustained competitive advantage. Yet organizations are finding that traditional approaches to talent building are falling short of expectations. The Talent Management Institute has been designed to build the skills and capabilities of HR and Talent Management leaders and provide them with the tools necessary to design and execute a flawless talent management strategy so that their impact on the organization is meaningful and significant. For more information, click here.
Dates: February 24-27, 2014 / July 28-31, 2014 / November 17-20, 2014
Fees: $4,900
Location: The Rizzo Conference Center; Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Contact: Phone 1-800-UNC-EXEC; Email unc_exec@unc.edu
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University of Richmond Strategic Project Management
Whether it’s launching a new product or a global communication system, developing software or constructing a building, it’s your job as a project manager to make it all happen. Project management takes a special set of tactical and practical management skills to carry out this kind of responsibility. This workshop will give you the skills and training you need in all of the critical phases of managing people and projects successfully. The emphasis is on real-world, practical applications developed through years of hands-on experience in world-class, multinational organizations. For more information, click here.
Dates: March 19-21, 2014
Fees: $1,425
Contact: (804) 289-8019 or execed@richmond.edu
Registration deadline: March 5, 2014
Advanced Project Management
In this intensive three-day workshop, you will step beyond the essentials of project management and deal with real problems that result from changes during a project’s life cycle. You will work through the process of bringing an actual project to completion with minimal impact on overall performance, budget and schedule objectives. This is a true, hands-on experience. No lectures. No theory. You will work with other attendees to address and resolve actual project management obstacles.
Prerequisite: Strategic Project Management and Project Risk Management. For more information, click here.
Dates: April 30-May 2, 2014 / June 23-25, 2014
Fees: $1,425
Contact: (804) 289-8019 or execed@richmond.edu
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University of Texas Managing Project Execution
This course will teach you to direct the execution phase to a successful conclusion. After building the proper cultural environment, the manager will be able to monitor progress and intervene only when and where necessary. Scope is controlled through a change control process that is scaled appropriately to the level of definition. And various conflict resolution modalities are brought into play when problems cannot be avoided through early detection and recovery planning. For more information, click here.
Date: March 3-4, 2014
Location: The University of Texas at Austin
Cost: $2,560 (Individual Course); $14,400 - Institute for Managerial Leadership Certificate (includes materials, lunches and breaks.)
Application Deadline: Early registration is encouraged. Class size is limited and may fill to capacity. We request registrations with payment at least 3 weeks in advance of the program start date
Planning the Successful Project
To develop a robust execution plan that captures the cost, schedule and resource requirements in the face of significant risk and uncertainty. The participant will be able to identify and address risks at the proper level using a comprehensive risk management process. The potential impact on cost and schedule is described using range estimates and mitigated through a contracting strategy that allocates risks appropriately. For more information, click here.
Date: April 8-9, 2014
Location: The University of Texas at Austin
Cost: $2,560 (Individual Course); $14,400 - Institute for Managerial Leadership Certificate (includes materials, lunches and breaks.)
Application Deadline: Early registration is encouraged. Class size is limited and may fill to capacity. We request registrations with payment at least 3 weeks in advance of the program start date
Strategic Decision Making
Uncertainty and complexity make many decisions difficult, especially those involving R&D projects, new products and new ventures. This program provides an introduction to decision and risk analysis – the systematic evaluation of decision problems involving uncertainty. Decision and risk analysis provide a framework for analyzing decision problems by breaking them down into more manageable parts and explicitly considering the possible alternatives, available information, and the relevant preferences of the decision makers. We will discuss methods for structuring and modeling decision problems, and apply these methods to a variety of problems that involve risk and uncertainty. For more information, click here.
Date: February 4-5, 2014
Location: AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center Austin, Texas
Cost: $2,560 (Individual Course); $14,400 - Institute for Managerial Leadership Certificate; $14,400 - Project Management Certificate (includes materials, lunches and breaks.)
Contact: 1-800-409-EXEC (3932)
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